However, if you want to look at who gets the most bang for their buck, ie arrests per officer, Western Michigan University’s smaller campus department surpassed them both, according to MLive Media Group.

“Yes, we make a lot of (OWI) arrests,” WMU Deputy Chief Blaine Kalafut said of his department’s 100 cases last year. “But if the inference is we’re only arresting a lot of students, that’s not true. I would say it’s probably in the vicinity of 50-50.”

“I think it would be fair to say that the students we attract here at Grand Valley aren’t as invested in alcohol consumption,” GVSU police Capt. Brandon DeHaan said. “That doesn’t mean all, but when you look at our crime statistics and crime statistics from similar-sized colleges, we compare favorably.”

Police identify a number of factors to explain the disparity at MSU and U-M, including differences in traffic and targeted patrols.

If you compare enrollment, you will discover that MSU’s 48,000 students last fall were just 5,000 greater than U-M’s. However, you will also discover that MSU employed 66 campus police officers compared to U-M’s 49.

“I can’t speak for the University of Michigan, but for us drunk driving is an area we focus on,” MSU police Lt. Randy Holton said. “That’s a targeted enforcement area for us.”

Reserved for the fall and spring, MSU police officers are regularly assigned exclusively to shifts to enforce drunken-driving. The Ingham County Sheriff’s Office deputized campus police at MSU, giving them jurisdiction throughout the county.

Roadways designed for heavy traffic, like Michigan Avenue, Harrison, Hagadorn, and Grand River Avenue are the site of most of the departments drunken-driving arrests.

Because roadways in Ann Arbor are frequently congested with traffic, police are unable to execute the type of drunken-driving enforcement common along major roads in East Lansing. “Our officers tend to focus on activities going on on our campus grounds and in our buildings as opposed to traffic enforcement,” Brown said. “We tend to leave that to the city and others.”

Even for a DUI first offense, you face serious potential punishments. Depending on the judge you draw—and we know which ones have a history of tough sentencing—jail time is a real possibility.

What’s more, in cities throughout Oakland, Wayne, and Macomb Counties, you’re up against hardened prosecutors and career politicians who are measured by the frequency and severity of their convictions. Especially with drunk drivers.

This is not the time to experiment with self-representation or plead to the charges “just to get it over with.” You need the expertise of a lawyer that specializes in OWI and DUI cases.

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